§ 74. Sir ROBERT CLOUGHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department is intending to help to finance a wool-combing mill in Canada and, if so, can he state if such assistance is being given in connection with the export credits scheme or otherwise?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONNo. application has been received by the Export Credits Department for assistance in respect of a wool-combing mill in Canada.
§ 76. Sir R. CLOUGHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what assistance, under the export credits scheme, has been recommended by his Department for the purpose of providing machinery either for parts of the British Empire or for foreign countries: how many of such recommendations have been acted upon; and what is the aggregate value of all such sanctioned credits?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONA very considerable amount of time and labour would be involved in compiling the information asked for by my hon. Friend in regard to credits sanctioned in respect of machinery, and I should be grateful if he would not press me for it. The total amount of credits, including both advances and guarantees actually taken up by exporters in respect of machinery including railway material, is £164,408, of which £3,492 were for exports to various parts of the British Empire, and £160,916 were for exports to foreign countries.